Constituency
199. Sakleshpur
Community mirrorKarnataka Assembly Election, 2008
KA-SAKLESHPUR
JDS 39.4%won by 10.5%BJP 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedJanata Dal (Secular) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.0% to 10.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 68.3% of the vote between them, up from 56.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,26,187
Margin
13,295
10.54%
Candidates
7 contested · winner JDS- 1H. K. KUMARASWAMYJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS49,76839.4%
- 2NIRVANAIAHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP36,47328.9%
- 3D. C. SANNASWAMYIndian National Congress · INC26,35220.9%
- 4SHRIDHARA KALIVEERABahujan Samaj Party · BSP8,1546.5%
- 5GANGADHARA PRASADIndependent · IND3,0582.4%
- 6VIRUPAKSHA. T. RLoktantrik Janshakti Party · LJP1,2991.0%
- 7K. SHANMUKHA KALLAIAHRPIA · RPIA1,0830.9%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- JDS
- Winner now
- JDS
- JDS–BJP swing
- −22.6%
- JDS share
- 38.3% → 39.4%
- BJP share
- 5.2% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- — → —